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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of tête-à-tête.
Etymologies
- French : tête, head + à, to + tête, head.
Examples
“Since Sarney's last tete-a-tete with the Americans, tensions had mounted in the Essequibo region, with Guyana accusing Venezuela of militarily invading its territory to stave off gold mining operations.”
“Unlike the Bush era, when meetings such as the Brownfield-Izarra tete-a-tete ended in failure, the political climate seemed much improved during the first months of the incoming Obama administration.”
“By doing so, he would initiate an entomological tete-a-tete between the wasps and the emerald ash borer, a green-winged, torpedo-shaped beetle that looks at the gleaming shaft of wood in Alex Rodriguez's hands and sees a scrumptious meal for its children.”
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“Now they must decide if there will be another tete-a-tete and just what that might signal.”
“But could a tete-a-tete with a witty writer, known for punching up scripts, loosen her up?”
“That time at least, Tuck was referring to Burress, before the tete-a-tete with Coughlin.”
“To address the conundrum, a Tuesday tete-a-tete between Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy was supposed to move things further along, beyond what's looked like, so far, as a "rob Peter to pay Paul" approach.”
“The tete-a-tete, yielded talk about procuring a Euro Chief and more collaboration on fiscal discipline.”
“How 'bout you, I say, hoping to get this tete-a-tete done and move on to a more profitable one.”
“My guess is he drives away from his melodramatic tete-a-tete with a sore head and ribs.”
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word for word, time after time, eye to eye, all in all, person to person, through and through, end over end, hand to hand, little by little, by and by, one by one, frame by frame and 124 more...
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bon mot, bon vivant, boulevardier, accoutrement, ménage à trois, melee, coup de grace, elan, bete noir, agent provocateur, crème de la crème, haut monde and 42 more...
dontcry I love the e with the party hat. It's such a fun letter! Oct 28, 2008
thevirils 'ê': 'un tête à tête', i know, i know we're so boring with our 'accent'! Oct 28, 2008
bilby No eavesdropping! Sep 4, 2008